Pumpkin Pie

I've been wanting to make a pumpkin pie for a while now.  Ever since high school when one of my classmates made one for his examination in home economics class.  His was amazing and suprisingly sweet (I expected it to be more savory)

Sorry about the poor lighting in this photograph, apparently my kitchen doesn't get that much sun in the middle of the day...I usually take photos in the late afternoon but this one lonely piece of pumpkin pie was lucky enough to survive being inhaled by my family so I had to move fast with this one lol

Can I just say that pumpkin pie from scratch is probably the most high maintenance thing that I think i've ever made, well for a newbie like me lol.  

My process went something like this...de-seed the pumpkin, cut the skin off, cut into cubes, roast in oven, mash it, push it through a strainer to remove the lumpy bits...The pumpkin process itself was like a workout for my arms haha.  I also had to make and blind bake the pastry which wasn't hard but combined with the pumpkin process, it took quite a long time.  

I chose the long way to do everything but I could've used a food processor to speed up the pumpkin mash lol and I could've used canned pumpkin but i don't even know if we sell that here haha

Anyway, so there you go pumpkin pie.  It was gone in less than a day so it must've been good.  Try it for yourself, I used this recipe Boom

K bye 

♡ B

Peach Cobbler!!

I didn't even know what peach cobbler was until i made it haha.  I googled a recipe and it was super simple to make and tasty.  Its that kind of dessert you make when you don't have a lot of time or ingredients.

LOL it looks a little sad but I don't have an ice-cream scoop so I just scooped the ice-cream on with a spoon haha.  It's like an apple pie but with peach and a crispy, buttery crust. I used this recipe here

The best thing about this challenge (besides eating the end results) is that I get to try out new recipes for deserts i've never even heard of. 

Anyway unrelated to my Bakery Story challenge....since it's so cold and pouring with rain outside, I was craving something hot, buttery and savory after all the sweet things i've been baking.  I decided to make some Cheese Scones

I love how easy and yummy these are. Hot, cheesy, crunchy *drools* total comfort food and the perfect winter warmer.  This cold, rainy weather didn't stop my neighbor from getting out there and mowing his lawn in his raincoat lol. Good on you neighbor man!

♡ B

Brownies!

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I didn't have to work on Thursday, my first Thursday off in like forever! Not really forever but a reeeaaally long time. Anyway i'm on holiday (if you consider saying at home a holiday) so instead of lying in bed all day watching re-runs of Dr Phil and stuffing my face full of super addictive potato chips (which was super tempting) I decided to bake some brownies...

We didn't have any eggs and to be honest, I was far too lazy to change out of my track pants and venture out into the cold (yes its winter here, my fan heater is my new best friend) to get eggs haha. I was starting to look for an eggless brownie recipe but luckily super mum came to the rescue and got me some eggs while she was at the supermarket! Yay thanks mum, these brownies are for you...except for two 'coz i already gave them away...

Yeah, I know, I kinda fail on the decorating front. I used a heart shaped cookie cutter and made a piping bag out of baking paper and Sellotape.  I just used melted chocolate but it got a little out of control LOL

You can find the recipe I used here

and since i failed so hard with my first attempt at decorating with a piping bag, here is a pic of my second attempt, using a different design...

♡B

Helloooo yay its bakery story time! I haven't decided if I want to actually make the drink items yet. I think i'm gonna see how I go with the whole baking side of things first.

Anywho, I baked something today! Yay for getting the ball rolling.  I have to admit that, until today, I hadn't actually baked anything from scratch for a few months 'coz i've been too busy with work or just too lazy haha.  With lack of time and motivation I had been resorting to baking cake from a box *sigh* shame on me.  No cheating with cake in a box for this mission, I'm hoping to improve my skills by making everything from scratch :)

Yeah, I started off with an easy one.  I think Bakery Story meant chocolate chip cookies but they ran out of room so they ditched the 'chip' part and went with "chocolate cookies" lol.  Chocolate Cookies in Bakery Story take 5 minutes to bake but in reality, they took me a little bit longer...It's been so long since i've actually baked something from scratch, i've missed it so much. I findit kind of therapeutic and relaxing. 

 I made chocolate chip cookies nom nom nom. Yeah, i've already eaten like four of them :/ I didn't have anychocolate chips so I just chopped up some chocolate melts. I guess that makes them chocolate chunks.  Anyway, I've resigned myself to the fact that I wont be able to make anything look as good as the animations on Bakery Story but i'll do my best :)

If anyone wants to try these, you can find the recipe i used here :)

This is just the beginning, i'm so excited!

♡ B

My mission is simple: I want to bake all of the items on 'Bakery Story' but I also want to bake all of them in real life.

The cute and colourful animations on 'Bakery Story' are what attracted me to the game in the first place.  the idea popped into my head a couple of days ago...what if i could make everything on that menu...
So i'm preparing myself for this challenge.

You will either think this idea is crazy or awesome.  I downloaded the 'Bakery Story' app on my Ipod Touch over a year ago and i still enjoy playing it.  My friends think i'm addicted.  Maybe I am addicted and maybe I am crazy for embarking on this journey. A journey of what? I'm not sure yet, i'm just making this up as I go along.

I've seen the movie 'Julie & Julia' and it's given me the inspiration to do this.  I'm not giving myself a deadline because 'Bakery Story' updates frequently with new items on the menu and the fact that all of these baked goods and going to be disastrous on my already expanding waistline ha ha.  I will, however, try to bake something at least once a week.

I'm new to this whole blogging thing and i'm not a writer so ignore my awful spelling, punctuation and grammar mistakes. I'm doing this for fun, for my love of baking and to get out there and try something new.

-B